General Description of Requirement

The RFP concerns the City’s interest in procuring plant installation and establishment services
at 63rd Avenue & Yukon Street. Details of the City’s objectives and requirements to which the
RFP relates are set out in Part B of the RFP. The City welcomes proposals that are responsive
to this RFP (“Proposals”) respecting innovative or novel approaches to the City’s objectives
and requirements.

The boulevard on 63rd Avenue and Yukon Street was identified in the Marpole Community Plan as an
opportunity to increase access to green space and enhance rainwater management. One of the key
boulevard improvements will be the creation rain gardens that will manage rainwater by taking surface
flows from adjacent paved surfaces, filtering it through native plants and grasses and allowing it to
infiltrate through a soil bed into underlying soils.

The boulevard improvements will include rain gardens, new sidewalks, seating plazas and a drinking
water fountain. Hardscaping, ground preparation, and soil installation work will be carried out by
others prior to the commencement of the planting and establishment contract.